(19)
(11) EP 0 377 650 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
18.07.1990 Bulletin 1990/29

(21) Application number: 88908469.0

(22) Date of filing: 28.07.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B29B 7/ 74( . )
B29C 44/ 10( . )
B29C 44/ 56( . )
B29C 44/ 00( . )
B29C 44/ 34( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1988/002567
(87) International publication number:
WO 1989/000918 (09.02.1989 Gazette 1989/04)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 29.07.1987 US 19870079251

(71) Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Cambridge, MA 02139 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • COLTON, Jonathan, S.
    Atlanta, GA 30339 (US)
  • SUH, Nam, P.
    Sudbury, MA 01776 (US)

(74) Representative: Holdcroft, James Gerald, Dr., et al 
Graham Watt & Co., Riverhead
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2BN
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2BN (GB)

   


(54) A METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROCELLULAR FOAMS AND MICROCELLULAR FOAMS OF SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERIC MATERIALS